(d) finds: ni tharraid in t-ór ar n-impod he did not find the
gold on his return (?),
Lism. L. 193
. romudaigh . . . i tarraid
da bur muintir ann such of your people as he found there,
CCath. 5155
. co nā tarras acht a cnáma lomma only their
bare bones remained (lit. were found),
BDD App. 156
. a n-áes
in-ob-tarras the age ye have attained (lit. in which ye have been
found),
RC x 64
.

(k) Of the angle at which a horse carries its head: da mbia an t-ech gobard ┐ gabail granna aice 'if the horse is high of muzzle, and has an ugly head-carriage (?)'
Celtica ii 46 § 7
. dligid ech na gab(ala crom)a beith mi-luthmar. Dligid ech na gabala airde a beith garg mer 'the horse that carries its head bent (?) should be lacking in vigour. The horse that carries its head high (?) should be fierce and giddy'
48 § 11
.

(1) ocus, written in full fifteen times in the Cambray
Homily and in
Ml. 65a7
,
94c5
; in later texts generally at the
beginning of a sentence, e.g.LU 2401
,
2402
.

(2) acus, written
in full
Wb. 3a15
and perhaps to be read for Lat. et and ┐ through-
out that text. In TBC, besides the contraction, ocus is found
written in full down to
TBC-LL¹ l. 2313
and again
3008
;
acus,
2913
,
again
3188
and through the rest of the text.

(a) when ocus connects two subjects of the same vb. of
which the first is a sing. pers. pron., this latter is commonly
not expressed but implicit in the vb. which is used in the
plural: conráncatar ┐ Dubthach he and D. met,
Thes. ii 241.5
(
Ardm. 18a1
). conricfam ann ocus tu you and I will meet there,
Fél. 86.32
. (Cf. the similar construction with eter: darala
eturru . . . ┐ Fergus F. and he quarrelled,
TBC-LL¹ 6135.
) The
follg. constructions are analogous: ní sgéar agus Muire M. and
I will not part,
Dán Dé xxvii 34
(ní sgéaram would be ex-
pected). mo dheala agus Rí na ríogh | ná tí dhíom cheana do
chlódh `may I not fail to heal my breach with the Lord',ib. go
dtí . . . don chneidh mo shíoth agus Rí an ríchidh `may the
wound cause my peace with the Lord',
vi 18
. i n-oen-uair
tancatar ocus techta Conchobair they and C.'s messengers
arrived together,
IT i 96.4
.

The meanings of tar may be divided roughly into concrete
and abstract. But it is frequently difficult to assign an
example or group of examples to one category or the other.
For the sake of convenience a somewhat arbitrary division
has been adopted in the following.

A In meanings of a concrete or physical nature.

Iover, across, covering, implying rest rather than motion
(see
ZCP viii 60
), including exx. where the meaning is that
of coming and remaining across.